gnome-firmware command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix gnome-firmware command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

gnome-firmware: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gnome-firmware: command not found

Solutions to gnome-firmware: command not found

How To Fix gnome-firmware: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu gnome-firmware is provided by gnome-firmware package.

gnome-firmware is:

This application can:

  • Upgrade, Downgrade, & Reinstall firmware on devices supported by fwupd.
  • Unlock locked fwupd devices
  • Verify firmware on supported devices
  • Display all releases for a fwupd device

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-firmware

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install gnome-firmware.

sudo apt -y install gnome-firmware

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install gnome-firmware

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix gnome-firmware command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.